National Survey

Sat, 2012-10-20 08:55Laurel Whitney
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New Report Shows Growing Majority Of Americans Believe In Climate Change, Trust Scientists

Welcome to the big kids table America!

A new national survey released by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication found that about 70% of Americans believe global warming is happening - a 12% rise from the previous survey. According to Congressional rules, that's a supermajority!

(Actual Congress? Definitely no supermajority on global warming.)

Furthermore, the survey discovered that of those who do acknowledge the reality of global warming, more are either "very" or "extremely" certain that it is happening, versus those who don't believe in global warming who are starting to falter in their own disbelief.

Across the board, more Americans increasingly understand that climate change is a threat to current and future generations as well as happening in present time.

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